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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “spools” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

87 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
spools8511591(None) 
pools74427701_pools
shools94919011shools
snools65715881snools
spoils84614531spoils
spoofs114011811spoofs
spooks124312931spooks
spool75219041spool_
spoons84116021spoons
spoors84014031spoors
stools65117021stools
cools75632632_cools
drools74412812drools
fools86824202_fools
mools76027172_mools
polls74627722_polls
polos76129912_polos
pols66044562_p_ols
poods85124752_poods
poofs105222792_poofs
poohs103915712_poohs
pool65835952_pool_
poons75430972_poons
poops94422412_poops
poos65949112_poo_s
respools1036252respools
salols64017872salols
schools1249112schools
scoops105414362scoops
scoots85315942scoots
scowls11549592scowls
sheols94614162sheols
shoals94215792shoals
shooks134515632shooks
shool84523152shool_
shoos84226362shoo_s
shoots94619362shoots
shorls94516202shorls
skoals10438242skoals
sloops85513622sloops
snoods74312452snoods
snooks104412832snooks
snool55118642snool_
snoops84314172snoops
snoots64216682snoots
soils55327982s_oils
sokols10399092sokols
solos54830792s_olos
sols45448162s__ols
sooks94425452s_ooks
soots55536212s_oots
sopors85215202sopors
sotols63714472sotols
souls55127362s_ouls
spails84817822spails
spalls84217342spalls
speels85116392speels
speils84116222speils
spells84617682spells
spiels85317952spiels
spills84717462spills
spodes94817432spodes
spoil75818652spoil_
spoilt85016592spoilt
spokes124417212spokes
spoof105019012spoo_f
spoofy14498552spoofy
spook115416042spoo_k
spooky15418092spooky
spooled104613522spooled
spooler93711382spooler
spoolers10349362spoolers
spoon74719442spoo_n
spoony114111792spoony
spoor75016352spoo_r
spores84726612spores
sports84619182sports
spots74424112sp_ots
spouts85115112spouts
stooks105115372stooks
stool55619892stool_
stoops85917892stoops
swoons94511142swoons
swoops114910922swoops
tools55325242_tools
unspools1043692unspools
wools84421462_wools

Search took 3 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551872.53332590.2
3Display Results87870.0302900.0
 (SQL Overall)178691872.88961852.2
 
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